That Alice interactive book looks pretty cool but it would make more sense on some kind of leapfrog thing built for kids. It doesn't prove the iPad to be a better eReader at all. I know I certainly am not going to buy ebooks so I can shake the screen to make characters giggle and I'll be damned if I would hand a $500+ gadget to a 6 year old that encourages them to grab it, shake it, smear their greasy little fingers all over it or god forbid throw it or start banging it on the floor, lol.